Evening Slowhands and Crossy,

Slowhands, are you suggesting that Crossy may have things confused ???.

I ask as, before seeing your replies, I started searching the 1881 Census UK-wide for Mary Ann West born abt 1840/1850s, spouse William. Where-ever I looked I kept coming back to the following possibilities with the first being my strong favourite, thinking maybe it was a transcription error and should read Mary not Sarah. On now seeing your replies I now realise it seems to match your first posted marriage;

Name: Sarah Ann West
Age (Original): 36
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1845
Birthplace: Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: ((Duster Tinworks))
Address: Well Tump
Event Place: East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341609
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 2522 / 34
Page Number: 12
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William West M 35 Roughton, Wiltshire, England
Wife Sarah Ann West F 36 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England
Stepson Tom Bale M 11 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter Caroline West F 7 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter Ruth West F 5 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England

When I realised this seemed to match your 1872 Marriage, I tried to find the original marriage as posted by Crossy, as I suspect you have tried too. However according to FreeBMD and GlosBMD the only W-o-S 1872 Marriages are;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
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Marriages Dec 1872 (>99%)
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BEALE Sarah Ann Westbury S. 6a 462
RUDGE Joseph Westbury S. 6a 462
THOMAS Mary Ann Westbury S 6a 462
WEST William Westbury S. 6a 462

GlosBMD confirms this site's PRs and your post that one of the above marriages is;

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
WEST William - BEALE Sarah Ann - Forest of Dean Drybrook Holy Trinity 1872 2 98
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/SimpleSearch.aspx

SO... to me this suggests Crossy has got their lines crossed, I think you may also think so too Slowhands, please clarify/help, thanks muchly

???

My other less-favoured possibilities from the 1881 Census, but perhaps worthy of further work, were as follows. But am I now searching the wrong couple ??

Name: Mary Ann West
Age (Original): 38
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1843
Birthplace: Blaina, Monmouthshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Dress Maker
Address: 21 Cross Street
Event Place: Llanover, Monmouthshire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1342261
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 5237 / 87
Page Number: 41
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William West M 39 Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, England
Wife Mary Ann West F 38 Blaina, Monmouthshire, England
Daughter Ruth West F 12 Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, England
Daughter Hannah M West F 6 Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, England
Mother In Law Elizabeth Allender F 67 Cwmyoy, Herefordshire, England

Name: Mary West
Age (Original): 31
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1850
Birthplace: Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wales
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Wife Of Manufacturer
Address: 65 Oxford Street
Event Place: Swansea (Town), Glamorganshire, Wales
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1342291
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 5357 / 131
Page Number: 12
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William West M 45 Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wales
Wife Mary West F 31 Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wales

Name: Mary West
Age (Original): 35
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1846
Birthplace: Wales
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Occupation:
Address: 7 Arlington St
Event Place: Stockton Upon Tees, Durham, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1342178
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 4899 / 133
Page Number: 8
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Wm West M 35 Wales
Wife Mary West F 35 Wales
Daughter Mary West F 7 Stockton On Tees
Son J G West M 4 Stockton On Tees
Son Thos West M 3 Stockton On Tees
Lodger J Mc Kenna M 20 Hartlepool, Durham, England

Name: Mary Ann West
Age (Original): 29
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1852
Birthplace: Wormsley, Herefordshire, Wales
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Occupation:
Address: 14 Hinton Road
Event Place: Hereford St Martin, Herefordshire, Wales
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341625
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 2595 / 59
Page Number: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William West M 27 Kilpeck, Herefordshire, Wales
Wife Mary Ann West F 29 Wormsley, Herefordshire, Wales
Daughter Nelly West F 6 Birmingham, Warwickshire, Wales
Daughter Ada West F 5 Bambury, Oxfordshire, Wales
Son William West M 2 Hereford, Herefordshire, Wales
Son George West M 0 Hereford, Herefordshire, Wales

All from https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22mar...

???

Wires crossed, assumptions made by the looks of it

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